Dane Alden was a photo journalist whose livelihood depended upon tragedy; yet he wasn't prepared for that tragedy to meet so close to home. Then, one summer on assignment in Baghdad, he met Ellen Veers and his life would never be the same. Now years later, her photograph haunts him, a spot, The Spot, slowly growing wi...
Izzy never feared anything. She lived in a world without boogeymen or closet monsters - a world in which nothing was accepted as truth until it could be seen. When her parents install nightlights for her little brother, everything changes, and overnight Izzy comes to know fear for the first time.
Kyle Ingham, a father grieved by the death of his daughter, will do anything to speak with her again. Anita Shaw only wants to bring peace to those that cannot let go. When their paths cross their journey will bring them to a cemetery in the middle of the night, each with their own plans. *** Winner - 1st Place - Horr...
Teagan, a foul-mouthed, rock enthusiast, and her boyfriend find themselves hungover, struggling to remember the night before, and unable to reach their friends. But as flashes of the previous evening bubble to the surface, Teagan begins to suspect that something may be very, very wrong. *** 1st Place - Short Story - T...
Wyatt Alexander enjoyed the solitude of his work at the Kembhavi-Cooper Craters, but a pressure aberration on a water main out of one the largest Martian colonies breaks that solitude and forces him onto an emergency repair that puts his life and the lives of the colonists at risk. By user Christopher Opyr (as Chris H...
24 years of interstellar travel, check. Consequences incoming. After a great mistake leaves a planetary colony in jeopardy, Dr. Talia Ernst contemplates a life-altering decision about her future and struggles with the repercussions of the decision that brought her to Anima. Cover created by The Unity Awards and ***...
Communication has been lost with a research colony on the quarantined planet of Alium. In response, Dr. Carlo Offredi has been sent along with a team of experts and a military escort to investigate and report back to the Galactic Coalition. A mishap on atmospheric entry, however, quickly places the lives of all invo...
Mr. Nelson Pugh suffers from crippling anxiety, which is only exacerbated when he travels. So when on his latest business trip he receives an unusual series of calls from his wife, Eleanor, his anxiety gets the best of him. At first, giving in to his own self-doubt, he attempts to cast aside his growing fears as anoth...